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524 About-to-be Dismissed Nigerian Soldiers Beg For Mercy

No fewer
than 524 dismissed soldiers have pleaded with the Nigerian Army to “tamper
justice with mercy’’ and review their dismissal.

Emmanuel
Ogbole, the Chief Commissioner, Public Complaints Commission, made the
disclosure on Tuesday when he visited the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai,
to submit the case files of the ex-soldiers.

Mr. Ogbole
said the affected soldiers had earlier visited the commission and pleaded with
it to intervene on their behalf in respect of their dismissal.

“In summary,
we are not here to take any decision on the issue, we are here to transmit
their complaints which were recorded and documented for us to you.

“This is
enable you look into them and take the appropriate action in the best interest
of the Nigerian army and the nation at large,’’ Mr. Ogbole said.

Responding
to this, Mr. Buratai, a Lieutenant. General, said the cases would be studied in
their individual merit and resolved in the best interest of the army and the
nation.

“The
complaints of 524 ex-soldiers which you presented to me are going to be
studied, we will look at each case on its merit.

“I assure
you that they are going to be resolved in the best interest of the Nigerian
Army and in the best interest of our country.

“We know
that 524 soldiers is almost a battalion and we will definitely feel the impact
of these guys.

“But
notwithstanding, we will still look at their cases critically based on their
merits in the interest of our service and the country,’’ he said.

It was
reported that the army had in 2014 dismissed 5,000 soldiers for various
offences, including alleged refusal to fight the Boko Haram terrorists in the
North East.

However,
3,032 were pardoned and redeployed to the North East to fight the insurgents.

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